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Setup Home Network?
Anybody please give me an idea how to setup a ADSL home network provided:
1. ADSL Modem (no router)
2. 4 points hub
3. 3 PCs with Windows XP Home Edition (With and without SP1)
Do i need to set one PC as "host" and others as "clients"? Or what's a good way to connect 3 PCs to the Internet at the same time?
Thank you.
1. ADSL Modem (no router)
2. 4 points hub
3. 3 PCs with Windows XP Home Edition (With and without SP1)
Do i need to set one PC as "host" and others as "clients"? Or what's a good way to connect 3 PCs to the Internet at the same time?
Thank you.
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The router will not have to hold a DSL signal. BUT (with verzion DSL anyway) you will have to configure the router for a PPPoe connection. You can make this happen with one nic in each machine but you will need a router. The reason is because a hub can not hand out IP addresses or do routing. It (a hub) is basically a splitter for the ethernet cable.
If you can give me some more info I am sure I can help you out on this one. Let me know what provider you are using for DSL and what modem your using. Also tell me the model number on your cnet router.
If you can give me some more info I am sure I can help you out on this one. Let me know what provider you are using for DSL and what modem your using. Also tell me the model number on your cnet router.
At least one computer must connect to the ADSL Modem (fairly certain with a network adapter). The other computers connect to the hub. Then, the ADSL computer MUST have a way to pass the data to the other computers on the hub - so it needs to be able to connect to the hub as well. This can only be done with another hnetwork card.
I disagree Lee,
You can have a router directly after the modem and then plug several computers or hubs into that router. Each computer will only need one nic card. I just did a job for a limo company in Philadelphia, they use verizon DSL. I had it set up in minutes.
You can have a router directly after the modem and then plug several computers or hubs into that router. Each computer will only need one nic card. I just did a job for a limo company in Philadelphia, they use verizon DSL. I had it set up in minutes.
I'm talking about without a Router, which was the question. With a router, it's easy and you're entirely correct.
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Ya, savone, i know about setting it up with router, but since i have a faulty router, i was thinking whether i can do it without a router or not.
Leew, got your explanation about how a hub works, know what, last time i could connect few PCs all with 1 NIC each using one hub and one modem. I believe that was because my ISP used to allow an account to be used on different machines at the same time, so i just connect to the server by doing individual dialing. Guess they've disabled it and hence i can't.
Thanks friends...
Leew, got your explanation about how a hub works, know what, last time i could connect few PCs all with 1 NIC each using one hub and one modem. I believe that was because my ISP used to allow an account to be used on different machines at the same time, so i just connect to the server by doing individual dialing. Guess they've disabled it and hence i can't.
Thanks friends...
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By the way, what do you think about CNet router, i have one, but it seems cannot have a stable ADSL signal (LED keep blinking). No problem with my line as i can use it with an ADSL modem (hence only 1 PC online at a time). A friend told me CNet ones are rather sensitive especially if phone cable is long?